What's new
===================================================================================

• New JAL script debugger
• Telnet Automation (see below for more details). Now you can easily control and run your UNIX and mainframe programs from 24x7 Scheduler.
• Powerful directory and file replication and synchronization methods (see below for more details):
  Supported methods:

  Local To Local Remote FTP to Local Local to Remote FTP Local to Remote Agent Remote Agent to Local

• Support for nested loops.
• Added ForNext loop and other new loop structure control statements: Continue, Break.
• Global variables - accessible from all jobs and remain their values between job runs.
• User-defined statements (Script Library) - make your own JAL statements that automate repetitive operations.
• Other new statements (please see JAL Editor /Paste JAL dialog for help for statement parameters):
  JobRemoteRun - job execution with remote agent specified in run-time (late binding)
  AgentTest - test connectivity to remote agent in run-time (perhaps before submitting a job)
  FileSearchEx -mass-file search operations
  FileReplaceEx - mass-file search and replace operations
  FileTransferEx - supports both uploading/download files to/from another computer running remote agent
  Dir - returns comma separated list of files (simulates DOS dir command)
  FTPDir - same as Dir but for FTP
  RemoteDir - same as Dir but for remote computer running 24x7 remote agent
  FileConvert - file conversion/translation procedure - very handy to convert from EBCDIC to ASCII and from ASCII to EBCDIC
• New job properties to handle "retry after fail" (see Job Properties Wizard).
• Standalone JAL and SQL script editors (run 24x7 /? From command line for more info).
• Script Editor also features numerous other productivity enhancements.
• Schedule import/export to/from relational database via ODBC connection (see Import/Export Wizard).
• Improved Master/Standby scheduler synchronization; including holidays and new Script Library.
• Updated native database drivers: MS SQL Server 7.x, Oracle 8.0.4 and above, Sybase DirectConnect for DB2
• User productivity and interface enhancements, fixes for known bugs.
  
  
  What's pending in this version
  ===================================================================================
  1. On-line help system full update to v2.0
  2. New native database driver for Ingress 9.x
  
  
  What's postponed
  ===================================================================================
  1. Batch folders postponed until version 2.1
  2. Relational database hosted schedule database (storing job definitions and
      other characteristics) - indefinitely postponed.
      Reasons: Poor performance, significant memory resource requirements,
                     job scan rate cannot go to second and sub-second levels.
                      If the database server goes down, the scheduler may hang
                     because of the "dead" database connection.
  
  What's not supported anymore
  ===================================================================================
  1. Native database drivers for Oracle 7.1, 7.2 (note: Oracle 7.1, 7.2 ODBC
      connections are still supported)
  2. Native database driver for MS SQL Server 4.x (note: MS SQL Server 4.x ODBC
      connections are still supported)
  3. Sybase Net Gateway for DB2 ( replaced with more advanced Sybase DirectConnect for DB2)
  
  
  New Telnet Automation Statements
  ===================================================================================
  TelnetConfig( <Parameter Name>, <New Value> )
  
  TelnetConfig can be executed before or after a Telnet connection is opened
  
  Supported parameters:
  "LOGIN PROMPT" - Server login prompt such as "Login:" (this is default,
      don't change it unless your server has a different format)
  "PASSWORD PROMPT" - Server login prompt such as "Password:" (this is default,
      don't change it unless your server has a different format)
  "TIMEOUT" - seconds - maximum server response time before 24x7 stops waiting.
      Default is 10 seconds (increase this value if you use Internet connection
      over slow communication line)
  "TERMINAL" - valid values are "SHOW" and "HIDE" - show/hide full featured
      built-in Telnet terminal window that you can use to debug and interact with
      the current Telnet session
  
  For other Telnet statements and their parameters please see
  JAL Editor /Paste JAL dialog
  
  Example script:
  
      // configure connection (optional steps)
      TelnetConfig( "terminal", "show" )
      TelnetConfig( "timeout", "30" )
      // establish new connection
      TelnetOpen( "your server name or IP address here", &
          "your user name", &
          "your password" )
      // sleep a little bit to allow server return "welcome" message
      Wait( 30 )
      // run some program
      TelnetSend( "your UNIX program name here" )
      // give that program 3 minutes to run then terminate the connection
      Wait( 1800 )
      TelnetClose( )
  
  
  New Directory and File Replication Statement
  ===================================================================================
  
  1. SyncLocalDir - replicates files between two "local" directories
      ("local" means both local and shared network drives)
  
      Format: SyncLocalDir(     <Source Directory (Master)>, &
                  <Target Directory (Slave)>, &
                  <Add New Files>, &
                  <Delete Missing Files>, &
                  <Updated Older Files>, &
                  <Include Subdirectories> )
  
  2. SyncFTPDir - replicates files between "local" directory and directory
      on the remote FTP server (both local and shared network drives supported).
             
      Format: SyncFTPDir(     <Master Type>, &
                  <FTP Server>, &
                  <FTP User Name>, &
                  <FTP Password>, &
                  <Source Directory (Master)>, &
                  <Target Directory (Slave)>, &
                  <Add New Files>, &
                  <Delete Missing Files>, &
                  <Updated Older Files>, &
                  <Include Subdirectories> )
  
      <Master Type> - must be either "LOCAL" or "REMOTE"
      "LOCAL" - means than files on the remote computer must be synchronized with
          the local files where the local directory and file structure is used
          as "master". In this case <Source Directory> - points to the local
          directory, <Target Directory> - to the remote directory.
      "REMOTE" - means than files on the local computer must be synchronized with
          the remote files where the remote directory and file structure is used
          as "master". <Source Directory> - points to the remote directory,
          <Target Directory> - local directory.
  
  
      Additional notes: Because FTP protocol lacks file date/time manipulations,
          files uploaded to a FTP server always have system date/time on the
          FTP server computer (date/time when they were uploaded).
  
  
  3. SyncRemoteDir - replicates files between "local" directory and directory
      on the remote host running 24x7 Remote Agent (both local and shared
      network drives supported).
  
      Format: SyncRemoteDir( <Master Type>, &
                  <Remote Agent Name>, &
                  <Source Directory (Master)>, &
                  <Target Directory (Slave)>, &
                  <Add New Files>, &
                  <Delete Missing Files>, &
                  <Updated Older Files>, &
                  <Include Subdirectories> )
  
      <Master Type> - must be either "LOCAL" or "REMOTE"
      "LOCAL" - means than files on the remote computer must be synchronized with
          the local files where the local directory and file structure is used
          as "master". In this case <Source Directory> - points to the local
          directory, <Target Directory> - to the remote directory.
      "REMOTE" - means than files on the local computer must be synchronized with
          the remote files where the remote directory and file structure is used
          as "master". <Source Directory> - points to the remote directory,
          <Target Directory> - local directory.
  
  
  

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